Lepidium L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Ascension, Bermuda, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chita, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Desventurados Is., Easter Is., French Guiana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kerguelen, Magadan, Mali, Marcus I., Marianas, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Selvagens, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Western Sahara
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Carara Medik., Pfl.-Gatt.: 34 (1792)
- Cardamon Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 338 (1868)
- Cardaria Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 163 (1815)
- Cardiolepis Wallr., Sched. Crit.: 340 (1822)
- Coronopus Zinn, Cat. Pl. Hort. Gott.: 325 (1757)
- Cotyliscus Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 164 (1815)
- Cynocardamum Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 96 (1836)
- Cyphocardamum Hedge, Fl. Iranica 57: 122 (1968)
- Dileptium Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 85 (1817)
- Eudistemon Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 219 (1830)
- Hymenophysa C.A.Mey., C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Altaic. 3: 180 (1831)
- Iberis Hill, Brit. Herb.: 262 (1756), nom. illeg.
- Jundzillia Andrz. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 529 (1821), not validly publ.
- Lasioptera Andrz. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 2: 534 (1821)
- Lepia Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 166 (1815)
- Lepicochlea Rojas, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 28: 165 (1918)
- Lepidiberis Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 338 (1868)
- Lepidion St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 129 (1880), orth. var.
- Lithodraba Boelcke, Darwiniana 9: 349 (1951)
- Monoploca Bunge, J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 259 (1845)
- Nasturtiastrum Gillet & Magne, Nouv. Fl. Franç.: 39 (1863)
- Nasturtioides Medik., Pfl.-Gatt.: 81 (1792)
- Nasturtiolum Medik., Pfl.-Gatt.: 82 (1792)
- Nasturtium Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754), nom. rej.
- Neolepia W.A.Weber, Phytologia 67: 427 (1989)
- Papuzilla Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 17 (1916)
- Physolepidion Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 97 (1841)
- Semetum Raf., Autik. Bot.: 17 (1840)
- Senckenbergia G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 413 (1800)
- Senebiera DC., Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1799: 140 (1799)
- Sennebiera Willd., Enum. Pl.: 668 (1809)
- Sprengeria Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 198 (1906)
- Stroganowia Kar. & Kir., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 386 (1841)
- Stubendorffia Schrenk ex Fisch., Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 9(Suppl.): 20 (1844)
- Uranodactylus Gilli, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 61: 209 (1959)
- Winklera Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 617 (1886)
Accepted Species
- Lepidium abrotanifolium Turcz.
- Lepidium acutidens Howell
- Lepidium aegrum Heenan & de Lange
- Lepidium affghanum Boiss.
- Lepidium affine Ledeb.
- Lepidium afghanicum (Rech.f. & Köie) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC.
- Lepidium alashanicum H.L.Yang
- Lepidium alluaudii Maire
- Lepidium altissimum Rech.f.
- Lepidium alyssoides A.Gray
- Lepidium amelum Lepschi
- Lepidium amissum de Lange & Heenan
- Lepidium amplexicaule Willd.
- Lepidium angolense Jonsell
- Lepidium angustissimum Phil.
- Lepidium apetalum Willd.
- Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium apterum (Lipsky) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium arbuscula Hillebr.
- Lepidium arequipa Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium argentinum Thell.
- Lepidium armoracium Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Lepidium aschersonii Thell.
- Lepidium aucheri Boiss.
- Lepidium auriculatum Regel & Körn.
- Lepidium austrinum Small
- Lepidium banksii Kirk
- Lepidium barnebyanum Reveal
- Lepidium basuticum Marais
- Lepidium beamanii Rollins
- Lepidium beckii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium bidentatum Montin
- Lepidium bipinnatifidum Desv.
- Lepidium bipinnatum Thunb.
- Lepidium biplicatum Hewson
- Lepidium boelckeanum Prina
- Lepidium boelckei Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium bonariense L.
- Lepidium botschantsevianum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium botschantzevii (R.M.Vinogr.) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium brachyotum (Kar. & Kir.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium bupleuroides Rech.f.
- Lepidium burkartii Boelcke
- Lepidium buschianum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium caespitosum Desv.
- Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
- Lepidium capense Thunb.
- Lepidium capitatum Hook.f. & Thomson
- Lepidium cardamine L.
- Lepidium cardiophyllum (Pavlov) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium cartilagineum (J.Mayer) Thell.
- Lepidium castellanum de Lange & Heenan
- Lepidium catapycnon Hewson
- Lepidium chalepense L.
- Lepidium chichicara Desv.
- Lepidium cordatum Willd. ex Steven
- Lepidium coronopifolium Fisch.
- Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium costaricense Thell.
- Lepidium crassius (C.L.Hitchc.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium crassum Heenan & de Lange
- Lepidium crenatum (Greene) Rydb.
- Lepidium culminicola Mouterde
- Lepidium cumingianum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Lepidium cuneiforme C.Y.Wu
- Lepidium curvinervium (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium cuzcoensis Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium cyclocarpum Thell.
- Lepidium davisii Rollins
- Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.
- Lepidium densipuberulum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium depressum Thell.
- Lepidium desertorum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Lepidium desvauxii Thell.
- Lepidium dictyotum A.Gray
- Lepidium didymum L.
- Lepidium draba L.
- Lepidium drummondii Thell.
- Lepidium eastwoodiae Wooton
- Lepidium echinatum Hewson
- Lepidium ecklonii Schrad. ex Regel
- Lepidium ecuadorense Thell.
- Lepidium englerianum (Muschl.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium fasciculatum Thell.
- Lepidium fenestratum (Boiss.) D.A.German
- Lepidium ferganense Korsh.
- Lepidium filicaule C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium filisegmentum C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium flavum Torr.
- Lepidium flexicaule Kirk
- Lepidium flexuosum Thunb.
- Lepidium foliosum Desv.
- Lepidium fraseri Thell.
- Lepidium fremontii S.Watson
- Lepidium galapagoensis Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium genistoides Hewson
- Lepidium ginninderrense Scarlett
- Lepidium glastifolium Desf.
- Lepidium gracile (Chodat & Hassl.) Boelcke
- Lepidium graminifolium L.
- Lepidium grandifructum C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.
- Lepidium hickenii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium hirtum (L.) Sm.
- Lepidium howei-insulae Thell.
- Lepidium huberi S.L.Welsh & Goodrich
- Lepidium hypenantion Hewson
- Lepidium hyssopifolium Desv.
- Lepidium integrifolium Nutt.
- Lepidium inyangense Jonsell
- Lepidium jaredii Brandegee
- Lepidium jarmolenkoi V.M.Vinogr.
- Lepidium johnstonii C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium jujuyanum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium juvencum Heenan & de Lange
- Lepidium karataviense Regel & Schmalh.
- Lepidium karelinianum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium kawarau Petrie
- Lepidium keniense Jonsell
- Lepidium kirkii Petrie
- Lepidium lacerum C.A.Mey.
- Lepidium laeteviride (P.Royen) Hewson
- Lepidium lapazianum Al-Shehbaz & S.Beck
- Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt.
- Lepidium latifolium L.
- Lepidium latipes Hook.
- Lepidium lepidioides (Coss. & Durieu) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium leptopetalum F.Muell.
- Lepidium leventii (V.I.Dorof.) D.A.German
- Lepidium limenophylax de Lange, Rance & D.A.Norton
- Lepidium linearilobum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium linifolium (Desv.) Steud.
- Lepidium lipskyi (N.Busch) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium litwinowii (Lipsky) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium longifolium (Boiss.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium lyratogynum Hewson
- Lepidium lyratum L.
- Lepidium maccowagei Hewson
- Lepidium macrocarpum (Hedge) D.A.German
- Lepidium makateanum Sykes
- Lepidium matau Petrie
- Lepidium merrallii F.Muell.
- Lepidium meyenii Walp.
- Lepidium meyeri Claus
- Lepidium minor (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium minutiflorum (Ridl.) Hewson
- Lepidium monoplocoides F.Muell.
- Lepidium montanum Nutt.
- Lepidium mossii Thell.
- Lepidium muelleriferdinandii Thell.
- Lepidium mummenhoffianum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium myrianthum Phil.
- Lepidium myriocarpum Sond.
- Lepidium nanum S.Watson
- Lepidium naufragorum Garn.-Jones & D.A.Norton
- Lepidium navasii (Pau) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium nesophilum Hewson ex P.S.Green
- Lepidium niloticum (Delile) Sieber ex Steud.
- Lepidium nitidum Nutt.
- Lepidium oblitum Houliston, Heenan & de Lange
- Lepidium oblongum Small
- Lepidium obtusatum Kirk
- Lepidium obtusum Basiner
- Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
- Lepidium olgae (R.M.Vinogr.) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium oligodontum de Lange & Heenan
- Lepidium orientale (Schrenk) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium ostleri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich
- Lepidium oxycarpum Nutt.
- Lepidium oxytrichum Sprague
- Lepidium paniculatum (Regel & Schmalh.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium panniforme de Lange & Heenan
- Lepidium papilliferum (L.F.Hend.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Lepidium papillosum F.Muell.
- Lepidium parodii Thell.
- Lepidium patrinioides (Regel) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium pavlovii Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium paysonii Rollins
- Lepidium pedersenii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium pedicellosum F.Muell.
- Lepidium peregrinum Thell.
- Lepidium perfoliatum L.
- Lepidium persicum Boiss.
- Lepidium philippianum (Kuntze) Thell.
- Lepidium phlebopetalum F.Muell.
- Lepidium pholidogynum F.Muell.
- Lepidium pinnatifidum Ledeb.
- Lepidium pinnatisectum (O.E.Schulz) C.L.Hitchc.
- Lepidium pinnatum Thunb.
- Lepidium platypetalum Hewson
- Lepidium propinquum Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Lepidium pseudodidymum Thell.
- Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium Hewson
- Lepidium pseudopapillosum Thell.
- Lepidium pseudoruderale Thell.
- Lepidium pseudotasmanicum Thell.
- Lepidium pterocarpum (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium puberulum Bunge
- Lepidium pubescens Desv.
- Lepidium pumilum Boiss. & Balansa
- Lepidium quitense Turcz.
- Lepidium rahmeri Phil.
- Lepidium ramosissimum A.Nelson
- Lepidium reichei Phil. ex Reiche
- Lepidium rekohuense de Lange & Heenan
- Lepidium rhytidocarpum (Hook.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium rigidum Pomel
- Lepidium robustum (Pavlov) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium rotundum DC.
- Lepidium ruderale L.
- Lepidium sagittatum (Kar. & Kir.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium sagittulatum Thell.
- Lepidium santacruzensis Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium sativum L.
- Lepidium scandens Hewson
- Lepidium schaffneri Thell.
- Lepidium schinzii Thell.
- Lepidium schlechteri Thell.
- Lepidium seditiosum de Lange, Heenan & J.R.Rolfe
- Lepidium serra H.Mann
- Lepidium serratum (Poir.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium seydelii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium silaifolium (Hook.f. & Thomson) Al-Shehbaz & Mumm.
- Lepidium sisymbrioides Hook.f.
- Lepidium solomonii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium songaricum Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Lepidium sordidum A.Gray
- Lepidium spathulatum Phil.
- Lepidium spicatum Desv.
- Lepidium spinosum Ard.
- Lepidium steinbachii O.E.Schulz
- Lepidium stephan-beckii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium strictum (S.Watson) Rattan ex B.L.Rob.
- Lepidium strongylophyllum F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Lepidium stuckertianum (Thell.) Boelcke
- Lepidium subalpinum Kom.
- Lepidium subcordatum Botsch. & Vved.
- Lepidium subulatum L.
- Lepidium suluense Marais
- Lepidium tandilense Boelcke
- Lepidium tenuicaule Kirk
- Lepidium thurberi Wooton
- Lepidium tianschanicum (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium tiehmii (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium tofaceum Rech.f.
- Lepidium tolmaczovii (Junussov) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium transvaalense Marais
- Lepidium trautvetteri (Botsch.) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium trianae Thell.
- Lepidium trifurcum Sond.
- Lepidium uzbekistanicum Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium vesicarium L.
- Lepidium villarsii Gren. & Godr.
- Lepidium violaceum (Munby) Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium virginicum L.
- Lepidium werffii Al-Shehbaz
- Lepidium xylodes Hewson
- Lepidium zambiense (Jonsell) Al-Shehbaz
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Al-Shehbaz, I.A. (2010). A synopsis of the South American Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Darwiniana 48: 141-167.
- Jalas, J., Suominen, J. & Lampinen, R. (eds.) (1996). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 11: 1-310.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 1: 68.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 291 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 2: 643 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 291 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 644 (1753)
- Thell., Die Gattung Lepidium (1906)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Neotropikey
- Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
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